Virginia Sharma, Head of Brand & Product Marketing, Google Public Sector, Google

Previously Virginia was VP Brand Solutions for JioSaavn, and also part of the senior leadership team at LinkedIn India, Virginia’s focus is to help leading enterprises and marketers meaningfully engage with professionals on the LinkedIn platform, with relevant and valuable content. She leads a sales team who consult marketers and agencies create and execute high-impact content marketing campaigns.

Virginia has been a marketer all her life. Before this role, she was the Director, Marketing for LinkedIn APAC, where she designed and drove effective marketing campaigns to grow the LinkedIn Talent Solutions Business. Virginia started her career at IBM and held several marketing leadership positions across North America, APAC and India, including Vice President of Marketing and Communications for IBM India/South Asia. Before joining LinkedIn, she had to her credit 15 years of experience in the marketing industry and has won several awards including DMAI Knight 2017, Marketing Society Fellow 2018 and the Economic Times Women Ahead 2018/.

An alumnus of New York University, Virginia is a global marketer who brings extensive business and leadership experience to her role at LinkedIn.

Virginia’s detailed profile can be seen at www.linkedin.com/in/virginiasharma

Virginia Sharma

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